UI plans videoconferenced lectures

JAKARTA: The University of Indonesia (UI) will launch in February next year a class using videoconferencing technology in its campus at Salemba, Central Jakarta and featuring subjects and teachers from all over the world, thanks to a World Bank grant.

"The videoconferenced class could also be attended online by students in three of our centers in Pekanbaru, Riau; Denpasar, Bali and Makassar, South Sulawesi," said newly elected UI rector Usman Chatib Warsa.

Usman said the program, Global Distant Learning Network, was installed using a World Bank grant of US$2.25 million.

"It's part of our attempt to disseminate knowledge to international standards, which can be enjoyed by students from all across the country in line with the spirit of autonomy," Usman remarked. --JP